ISVs Complain of Faulty Dynamics CRM Online Update

(Editor's Note: We have added a statement from a Microsoft spokesperson at the end of the article)

A Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online update has
been causing angst among some users and ISVs in the last day. An issue related
to turbo forms and web resources left ISV solutions' forms using custom
entities displaying "loading business logic" and, as one ISV describes it, a "spinning
donut-of-death."

As Microsoft describes the
problem:

Findings show
that the issue only reproduces when customers add a web resource in the header
or footer of their web page.

Dann Anthony Maurno is a seasoned business journalist who began his career as International Marketing Manager with Lilly Software, then moved on as a freelancer to write for such prestigious clients as CFO Magazine; Compliance Week;Manufacturing Business Technology; Decision Resources, Inc.; The Economist Intelligence Unit; and corporate clients such as Iron Mountain, Microsoft and SAP. He is the co-author of Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives(CRC/Productivity Press, 2010).